Baby pants



l1g 12, 1952 H o.v KENNETTE BABY PANTS Filed May l5, 1948 "if: mlcmglp ATTORNE )f Patented Aug. 12, 1952 2,606,558 I i A BABY PAN'rs Heath 0.Kennette, Plainiield, N. J., assignor to Chicopee ManufacturingCorporation, a corporation of Massachusetts Application May 15, 1943,Serial No. 27,201

(Cl. 12S-287) 4 Claims. 1

'Ihis invention relates to baby pants for holding disposable diapers.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide improved imperviouspants for holding disposable diapers, especially cotton diapers, toprovide improved means for securing the diapers in the pants, and toprovide improved means for piercing or punching the diapers to cooperatewith the securing means. Other objects and advantages will be evidentfrom the accompanying specification and drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan of opened baby pants embodying one form of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan of a portion of Fig. 1, partly in section andpartly broken away;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one form of my improved retaining means,embodied in a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3 but showing thesecuring means separated to receive a diaper; and

Fig. 5 is a section corresponding to Fig. 4 showing the securing meansclosed on a diaper.

Baby pants or diaper holders made of various plastics in sheet form,such as vinyl resins, have been used before my invention with the objectof supporting various forms of disposable diapers, made, for example. ofpaper or non-woven cotton fabrics. Such diapers have been diicult tosupport securely in the pants.

My improved support attaches to the pants II] four pairs of straps I2.Near the free end of one strap of each pair is secured a punch having ahead I4, a shank I6 and a shoulder I8. Near the end of the other strapis secured a die 2U. The die includes a disk or shoulder 22, a resilientcollar or die-member proper 24 and a clamping collar 26. The collar maybe secured tothe disk 22 by lugs 28 which pierce the strap I2 and aredeformed and interlocked in the disk 22. The die is provided with acentral opening 30 to receive the punch, and the resilient collar 24 hasa normal diameter less than the diameter of the punch head, but greaterthan the diameter of the shank. This constitutes means for yieldinglyresisting separation of the punch and die when they are engaged.

To secure the diaper 3| to the pants, the diaper is laid in the positionshown in Fig. 1 with each corner between a punch and a die as shown inFig. 4. Each punch is then inserted in the die, punching a plug 32 outof the diaper and forming a hole in it as shown in Fig. 5. The head ofthe punch thenengages in the die, being yieldingly held by the resilientdie collar 24. The diaper is 2 held on the shank and may also be pressedrmly between the shoulders I8 and 22, the parts and the thickness of thediaper being proportioned to achieve this result. The plug punched outof the diaper may pass through the opening 30 of the die and be ejectedthrough an aligned opening 34 pierced in the strap. Thus successivediapers may be punched and held without clogging the die.

As shown in Figs. 2 to 5, the free ends of the straps I2 project beyondthe punch andl die and form handles by which the punch and die canreadily be separated against the yielding restraining force of theresilient collar 24 and head I4.

The straps I2 may be attached to the pants in any suitable manner.Preferably the pants are made of thermoplastic vinyl resin or similarthermoplastic material which is turned over at the ends to form a hemwhich is fused by a so-called electronic sewing machine to form the seam3E. The straps are similarly fused to the hem at 33 beyond this seam.The hem may be covered by an elastic strip 40 folded over the edge ofthe hem under tension and sewed in position to provide an extensible andcontractible edge for insuring t of the pants.

I claim as my invention:

1. A diaper supporting garment comprising in combination a die securedto the garment, a punch secured to the garment and adapted to enter thedie to punch a hole in a diaper and means included by the punch and diefor yieldingly resisting separation of the punch and die to retain thediaper between the punch and die.

2. A diaper supporting garment comprising in combination a die securedto the garment, a punch secured to the garment and adapted to enter thedie to punch a hole in a diaper, means for yieldingly resistingseparation of the punch and die to retain the diaper between the punchand die, and an opening in the die adapted to permit ejection from thedie of material punched out of the diaper.

3. A diaper supporting garment comprising in combination a flexiblesheet supporting a punch, a second flexible sheet supporting a die, thepunch and die being adapted to cooperate to punch a hole in a diaper,and the punch and die being adapted yieldingly to resist Withdrawal ofthe punch from the die, to support the diaper between the punch and die,an opening in the die and an opening in said second sheet to permit theejection through the sheet of material punched out of the diaper.

4. A diaper supporting garment comprising in combination a flexiblesheet, a punch having a 3 4 shank and a shoulder supported on the sheet,a second flexible sheet, a die having an opening REFERENCES CITEDthrough it and having a Shoulder supported on The followlng referencesare of record in the the second sheet, the punch being adapted to me 0fthlS Patenti enter the die to pierce a diaper, an opening in 5 UNITEDSTATES PATENTS the second sheet in alignment with the opening in thedie. means for yieldingly resisting separa- (glio Taslme Jmjeaelggg tionof the punch and die to retain the pierced 2,292,030* Kraft T Aug. 4,1942 diaper between the shoulders, and means forming part of said sheetshaving free ends extending 10 beyond the punch and die for separatingthe punch and die.

HEATH O. KENNET'IE.

